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At one time, Walsh was as dependable a kicker as any in the NFL. That success led the Vikings to sign Walsh to a four-year, $14 million contract extension before the 2015 season, making him, at that point, the highest-paid kicker in the league. Since his epic and unfortunate miss wide left against Seattle in January, he’s been someone else.

The move makes sense. You can’t hold your hands over your mouth and hope against hope every single time your kicker lines up to attempt an extra point. Whoever the Vikings bring in (it’s expected to be Kai Forbath), it won’t be hard for the team to send him out there with more confidence than they had been with Walsh over the past nine games.

While the move to the 16-yard line was designed to make the play slightly more exciting (extra points were successful over 99 percent of the time before the move was made. It’s now around 95 percent of the time), Walsh took it to a lower level than anyone else. He leads the league with four missed extra points this season after missing four last season.

I agree the move had to be made, but it is sad the way things played out. We wish him the best of luck going forward and are sure, one day, he’ll get right (pun intended).

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